Asian Studies in the Digital Age, Old and New
January 23-25, 2026
The School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech is excited to host the 65th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS).
The conference will take place at the Student and Campus Events Center Exhibition Hall, Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The conference committee is grateful for the wide range of fantastic proposals received. Acceptance notices have been sent, and the full program will be published in early 2026.
Sponsors for this year’s annual meeting include:
Ivan Allen College of the Liberal Arts, Georgia Tech
Atlanta Global Studies Center, Georgia Tech and Georgia State University
The keynote speaker will be Prof. Elora Shehabuddin, AAS Vice-President and President-Elect.
Conference Hotel: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn at Georgia Tech, conveniently located directly across from campus, only a 1-minute walk to the School of Modern Languages and a brief walk to other campus amenities. Participants can book their rooms by clicking here.
Please direct questions about the conference to our local coordinators, Dr. Paul Foster (paul.foster@modlangs.gatech.edu) and Dr. Amanda Weiss (amanda.weiss@modlangs.gatech.edu)
The image above, “Fujiwara no Yoshitaka” by Utagawa Kuniyoshi made in 1870, is in the public domain and held in the collections of the Rijksmuseum. It can be accessed at https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200628704. It shows a Chinese mythical figure, Kan Yu, contemplating life under a peach tree—the peach being a symbol of Georgia.